Octavo in black cloth in color pictorial dust jacket; 125 pages 22 cm. In English. || Abstract: A young girl called Mouche is about to throw herself into the Seine, when her attention is attracted by a voice. It turns out to be the voice of a glove puppet, called Carrot Top. She then meets Reynard the fox, Gigi, Alifanfaron, Dr Duclos, Madame Muscat and Monsieur Nicholas. The story is about her relationship with the seven puppets and their grim puppetmaster, Capitaine Coq, and what happens when she joins their travelling show. Fine copy in very good (+), clipped dust jacket protected in mylar; DJ is light edgeworn and tanned around the edges; chips to spine ends; 1" open tear to top edge of rear jacket; light rubbing, small closed tear at spine joint; boards are lightly bumped at the spine ends; o/w tight, clean copy with clean cloth that's free of fraying and clean, crisp, bright, crease-free pages. Bookseller Inventory # 85972

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